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You do realize that Ctrl-C is used to abort commands? Do you really want to lose that functionality?
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Daniel Beck♦Jul 8 '12 at 8:08

Console does everything you ask for, and more. Except you should reconsider the Ctrl-C as Daniel points out. By default, on most OS, copying from a gui console is done simply by highlighting text with the mouse.